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916 advisers gone in three months, ASIC responds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... with the advice industry to achieve positive outcomes for consumers. "We want to work with industry, we want to work with policy makers, we want to work with the government to make sure that is the ultimate result," Shipton said. "But we also need to ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... or bad - will be used as a campaigning tool in the US election. "There's definitely been a shift in terms of foreign policy in the US and other economies around the world, seen through attitudes towards change, raising national incomes and a focus ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... weakest fund, with just 2.5 years of assets to fund benefits. According to Kentucky's Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions chair Aaron Ammerman, this particular fund is at a level no public pension has ever recovered from. Other funds ...

Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... backdrop, such as through the production of a vaccine, levels of unemployment decreasing and the provision of supportive policy. Currently, the firm is holding about 17% cash in its global fund and about 27% cash in its high conviction portfolio, according ...

Rest pays out $1bn, calls for policy certainty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Having now paid out more than $1 billion to members, Rest is calling on the government to implement stable super policy settings, warning uncertainty constrains funds' ability to invest for the long-term. As of this morning, the $53 billion superannuation ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... SISFA's focus has been to build a network of likeminded professionals in the SMSF sector to stay informed of technical and policy issues and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas," SISFA managing director Michael Lorimer said. "While this has been ...

Former CBA executive nabs industry body lead role

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Truss. Insurance Council president and chair Gary Dransfield said Hall would bring a wealth of corporate affairs and public policy experience to the industry body at a time when it faces a barrage of regulatory, consumer and economic challenges. "Andrew's ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... re-shaping our grid." She said, to accelerate this transition, the government should establish a national climate and energy policy framework, introduce stronger market indicators and support renewable energy targets. Australian members of the network ...

Multi-boutique warns of fourth quarter reckoning

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... and business failures and surging unemployment would be inevitable. "In that worst-case scenario, even the most monstrous policy stimulus could not support continued equity market gains." Sustained, long-term fiscal and monetary stimulus will be needed ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... programs underway across the superannuation industry, it is vital that superannuation funds have certainty that existing policy settings will continue," Loane said. "This relief has been extended several times, and we are pleased to see the government ...